National Organization for Marriage targets Senate gay marriage votes

Comparing them to Revolutionary War flip-flopper Benedict Arnold, the National Organization for Marriage is targeting seven senators with a mailer blasting them for their “yes” votes on a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in New York.

The mailer, which will be sent throughout the individual senators’ districts, criticizes the lawmakers for having “sold out our values when he voted to impose gay marriage on New York.”

The National Organization for Marriage was one of the foremost groups lobbying against gay marriage in New York and across the nation. The group brought former Super Bowl hero David Tyree to Albany to speak out against the bill and funded previous mailers and advertisements, and has pledged to spend up to $2.5 million to defeat senators who previously voted “no” on gay marriage.

The new mailer will be sent to the districts of three Democrats and four Republicans, including Sens. Stephen Saland, R-Poughkeepsie, and Mark Grisanti, R-Buffalo.

The group also is planning a handful of anti-gay-marriage rallies on Sunday, the first day same-sex couples can legally wed. Rallies will be held in Rochester, Buffalo, New York City and Albany.